Spree of robberies keeps police busy

Thursday

Dec 12, 2013 at 12:01 AM

STOCKTON - Police officers were kept busy Tuesday evening responding to a number of robberies in different parts of the city, including one involving a gun, authorities said. No one was injured in any of the robberies, and different suspects were described in each case, police said.

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STOCKTON - Police officers were kept busy Tuesday evening responding to a number of robberies in different parts of the city, including one involving a gun, authorities said. No one was injured in any of the robberies, and different suspects were described in each case, police said.

Officers responded to a report of a robbery at a business in the 1600 block of East Hammer Lane just east of West Lane at 5:43 p.m., authorities said. A man entered the business, ordered employees into a back room and took money from the cash register before fleeing, police said. He was described as a white man about 25 years old standing 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds, police said.

Just over an hour later on the Miracle Mile near Pacific Avenue and West Maple Street, a woman walking in the area had her purse ripped from her arm, officers said. The robber was described as a black man 18 to 22 years old standing 6 feet tall and weighing 140 pounds with a black beanie, a gray shirt and blue jeans, police said. He fled to a waiting vehicle that was last seen heading south on Commerce Street, authorities said.

Farther up Pacific, just south of West Swain Road, two men in their 20s entered a business at 7:39 p.m., police said. One was carrying a firearm, officers said. The men forced employees to the ground and demanded money before fleeing south from the business, authorities said.

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